Not all sounds sound the same: Parkinson's disease affects differently emotion processing in music and in speech prosody

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

César F. Lima (Author) FPCEUP; Carolina Garrett (Author) FMUP; São Luís Castro (Author) FPCEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Vol. 35 No. 4

Pages: 373-392

ISSN: 1380-3395

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Authenticus ID: P-005-1Z6

DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.776518

Abstract (EN): Does emotion processing in music and speech prosody recruit common neurocognitive mechanisms? To examine this question, we implemented a cross-domain comparative design in Parkinson's disease(PD). Twenty-four patients and 25 controls performed emotion recognition tasks for music and spoken sentences. In music, patients had impaired recognition of happiness and peacefulness, and intact recognition of sadness and fear; this pattern was independent of general cognitive and perceptual abilities. In speech, patients had a small global impairment, which was significantly mediated by executive dysfunction. Hence, PD affected differently musical and prosodic emotions. This dissociation indicates that the mechanisms underlying the two domains are partly independent.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific